289 words come out when you unscramble CEPHALOUS, starting with CEPHALOUS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 8 reach 14 points, POUCHES, CHAPELS and EPOCHAL among them. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CEPHALOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 23 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
SCOPULAE is the only one of the 8-letter words in CEPHALOUS; it scores 12 points.
Among 23 7-letter words made with CEPHALOUS letters, the top score is 14, reached by 8. COUPLES, CAPSULE and UPSCALE are the familiar ones.
12 of 57 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CEPHALOUS tie at 13 points; none scores more. PLACES, COUPLE and CLAUSE will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from CEPHALOUS, the top score is 12, reached by 12. CHEAP, PHASE and HELPS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with CEPHALOUS letters, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. HELP, SUCH and EACH are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CEPHALOUS; 15 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, CUP and CAP are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CEPHALOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CE · ending in US · all 9-letter words
CEPHALOUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CEPHALOUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEPHALOUS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 227 | 288 | 196 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
62 of the 289 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPOCHAS, PLEUCHS, CHELPS, EPOCHA, PHOCAE, PHOCAS, PLEUCH, CHELP, OSCHEAL, PHOCA, LAUCHS, OPUSCLE and 50 more. 31 of the 289 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CEPHALOUS, CHOLAS, CLOSEUP, LOCHES, CHOLA, CHUSE, CUSPAL, LOCHE, OCHES, PHEOS, SCOPAE, HEPS and 19 more. 1 of the 289 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: HAOLES.
Each word below uses all the letters of CEPHALOUS and one more.